PART 2GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Designated Areas18
1
Every employer shall ensure that any area in which work under his control is carried out is designated as—
a
an asbestos area, subject to regulation 3(2), where any employee would be liable to be exposed to asbestos in that area;
b
a respirator zone where the concentration of asbestos fibres in the air in that area would exceed or would be liable to exceed the control limit.
2
Asbestos areas and respirator zones shall be clearly and separately demarcated and identified by notices indicating—
a
that the area is an asbestos area or a respirator zone or both, as the case may be; and
b
in the case of a respirator zone, that the exposure of an employee who enters it is liable to exceed the control limit and that respiratory protective equipment must be worn.
3
The employer shall not permit any employee, other than an employee who by reason of his work is required to be in an area designated as an asbestos area or a respirator zone, to enter or remain in any such area and only employees who are so permitted shall enter or remain in any such area.
4
Every employer shall ensure that only competent employees shall—
a
enter a respirator zone; and
b
supervise any employees who enter a respirator zone,
and for the purposes of this paragraph a competent employee means an employee who has received adequate information, instruction and training.
5
Every employer shall ensure that—
a
his employees do not eat, drink or smoke in an area designated as an asbestos area or a respirator zone; and
b
arrangements are made for such employees to eat or drink in some other place.